Cherbourg Weather in August
Cherbourg in August
The short of it: Cherbourg in August averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 15 °C (58 °F), with 63 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 14 h 25 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 15° · rain 63 mm · daylight 14 h 25 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Cherbourg an average August high of 21°, a low of 15° and some 63 mm of rain. The height of summer in Cherbourg, with afternoons near 21°. Wet spells are common — about 63 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 25 min in mid-August, 88 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 4 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Cherbourg runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Octeville, 2 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
August in Cherbourg, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 10 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 25 min
- Average wind
- 19 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OctevilleNormandy | 2 km SW | 21° | 14° | 64 mm |
| Équeurdreville-HainnevilleNormandy | 3 km WNW | 21° | 14° | 64 mm |
| TourlavilleNormandy | 4 km E | 21° | 14° | 63 mm |
| La GlacerieNormandy | 5 km SSE | 20° | 14° | 65 mm |
| QuerquevilleNormandy | 6 km WNW | 21° | 14° | 64 mm |
| DigosvilleNormandy | 7 km E | 21° | 14° | 62 mm |
| Urville-NacquevilleNormandy | 9 km WNW | 20° | 14° | 62 mm |
| BrixNormandy | 11 km SSE | 20° | 14° | 65 mm |